March 2009
February 2009
yo man, go!
healing factor
yo man, go! were a lumberjack punch the air pop-punk-rock band based in philly (i think?). they broke up last year (pretty much the same time as street smart cyclist). they have a 7” called life lessons that’s out on square of opposition - with another one on the way from the same label. it’s the whole kinda fast/melodic/epic breakdowns/gruff and gang vocals/no...
dan deacon
build voice
snookered
i think i mentioned that paul baribeau was one artist that rejuvenated my hope in music. this guy is probably the other. dan deacon is from north east u.s.a, shifting between new york and maryland when he’s not touring/somewhere else. i remember hearing the single ‘the crystal cat’ from his album ‘spiderman of the rings’ (on the ace carpark...
“Last night I had a dream that you grew a garden on the trampoline and I was so...”
– All the Real Girls (2003)
street smart cyclist upload discog ftw!
street smart cyclist discography
my favourite band finally upload everything they’ve recorded. that is their link. i was kinda hoping we’d get the comp with kiss kitty on out before but this is tremendously RAD. people should get this and listen. i remember the first time i heard the electric version of we lack science (it also appears on the acoustic cd-r e.p thing) and it totally...
tomasz bednarczyk
freckled cheeks
movie
man. i was kinda blown away by this guy when i first heard his new record, painting sky together. tomasz is from wroclaw, poland and looks about 15. he makes some of the freshest laptop/ambient music i’ve heard in a while. combining stuff like stars of the lid, fennesz etc, and those artists that focus on the recording of everyday environments (water trickling, the...
1994!
termineighbor 2 the misspelling
steep cliff mountain type jaunt
pretty off the chain rad mathy intricate two piece emo from pennsylvania. this stuff is really catchy. kinda similar to tiny hawks in the guitar, a bit fiddly but totally on OVERDRIVE. and in the drums come to think of it - the guy knows how to play, and play hard! the record has some pretty epic gang vocals as well, which i...
sin fang bous
advent in ives garden
the jubilee choruses
sin fang bous is sindri mar sigfusson from iceland and appears on the amazing morr label. similar to seabear (sigfusson actually plays in seabear), panda bear, loney dear, animal collective, even belle & sebastian at times, and anything on the morr label, its a bit folky, a bit bleepy/bloppy and a bit fun. it’s pretty colourful intricate...
paul baribeau
ten things
hardwork
falling in love with your best friend
paul baribeau is from michigan and plays folk punk. he is on plan-it-x records - also home to andrew jackson jihad, kimya dawson, ghost mice, defiance ohio etc. paul baribeau also rejuvinated my hope in music. for his first album paul stayed up one night and recorded 14 songs, mailing them to chris from plan-it-x who then liked it so...
lovesick
reset
new not fast
lovesick were an emo band from the late 90’s, ann arbor, michigan. sometimes playing as a 3 or a 4 piece, lovesick played pretty frantic, sweaty, moving and beautifully penned music that could be described as the halfway point between palatka and joy division. their songs always tinkering on the side of complete meltdown only to be held together by crazy tight...
erik enocksson
electricity
think of me as the sea
erik enocksson is another stockholm based musician. he has released a couple of 7” and a 9 track album entitled, with its dark tale curled ‘round the garage. erik plays a sort of scando-country with an almost distressed americanised accent that at times draws parallels to will oldham/bonnie prince billy. the rickety acoustic guitars, pianos,...
tar...feathers
cuckoo
forever is quite song time
tar…feathers are from stockholm, sweden. initially just comprising of marcus nyke but now made up of 3 or 4 members, live and on record. tar…feathers play indie rock that’s not a million miles away from early modest mouse and wolf parade - scratchy and stabby clean guitar coupled with drawl yelping vocals. the album, make way for the ocean...
kolya
still life with a candle (7”)
horizons (lp)
kolya were a mid 90’s emo band who released two 7”s and a self-titled lp on caulfield records. i discovered these guys after looking for similar stuff to slint/native nod/the van pelt a couple of years back. although different, the almost speaking style of vocals is just as prominent. this stuff is serrrriously intense. the music...
woods
don’t pass on me
be still
woods are from brooklyn, new york. they are jeremy earl, jarvis taveniere and g lucas crane. i first heard of woods through the band meneguar a few years ago as jeremy, who plays in both, took woods on as the support for a bunch of meneguar shows (christian from meneguar also played in the original line up and on their album at rear house but i’m not sure...
six twilights
still talk
i can’t even begin to tell you
six twilights is aaron gerber, liz isenberg and zoe wright. they are from portland, oregon. they make absolutely gorgeous laptop/acoustic music that sounds like it was specifically put together for a crisp autumn day. there are pretty loops fluttering in and out, delicate fennesz style filtered guitar and these weird indescribable warm pumps...
colossal
you run marathons
table setting
colossal are an indie rock band from elgin, illinois. they’re on asian man records, home to lemuria, andrew jackson jihad and some pretty bad ska punk. colossal are not ska punk. rarely using a distortion setting they opt for intricate clean guitar and some rad time signatures, coupled with a looooovely voice. oh, and some of the best trumpet this side of...
teenage cool kids
sleeper hold
down the street (ripped from the 7”. appreciate the crackle.)
teenage cool kids are from denton texas. they play indie rock. like, really awesome indie rock. i’m talking built to spill/pavement/u.s.a circa 1992. they do it better than most u.s.a circa 1992 bands. this is how it’s done. yeah, i went there. they have released a 7” and full length cd (one...
“The legs of those who stood were like fence posts driven into a warm, squirming,...”
– kurt vonnegut
the sight below
dour
life’s fading light
the sight below is rafael anton irisarri. he creates murky, brooding, but not necessarily cold minimal techno (it even touches on ‘pretty’). similar to the ambient work of type record’s deaf centre; layers, loops, delay and noise seems to almost weave without any direction, but here a 4/4 pulse rushes beneath to give it foundation. imagine tim...
the love of everything
marry my wife
i love all you guys slow
strip to the sky
living life too
the love of everything is bobby burg. bobby also plays in joan of arc and make believe. bobby has played in chin up chin up, hertzsprung gap and beauty pageant. bobby is from ohio but spends his time in new york and chicago. bobby is great. he has nine releases all together under the love of everything, including a total...
street smart cyclist
the three lane cut
pastor of muppets
street smart cyclist split up last year playing their last show sometime in september. they were from lehigh valley pennsylvania, and part of midwestmo revival of the north east. they played pretty mathy happy-mo in the vein of a gruff braid or cap’n jazz. it’s kinda punch the air/side step dancing/finger wagging emo that’s prefect for...
the is internet the?
so i was shown this site earlier today and i can already see myself wasting an incredible amount of time here. i think i’ll be mostly using this to ramble about pretty mundane events, as well as posting about whatever i’m listening to at the moment. i’ll also fill it with my photographs and other bits and bobs. brilliant.
“name ten things you wanna do before you die and then go do them.
name ten...”
– Paul Baribeau
